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Alexia Missoffe1, Thérèse Barbier2,3, Jacques Felblinger2,4
1IADI (Université de Lorraine-INSERM), Bâtiment Recherche, CHRU de Nancy Brabois, Rue du Morvan, 54511, Vandoeuvre Cedex, France. alexia.missoffe@univ-lorraine.fr.
Objective:
To show the relevance of a simple finite difference transmission line model to help design safe implanted cables in 1.5T MRI's using the multi-section cable approach.
Materials And Methods:
The transfer function and heating under a given incident field predicted by the finite difference model for two-section cables are compared to full-wave and experimental results. The finite difference model was then used to design a three-section cable considering the phase effects.
Results:
The differences between the predicted transfer function given by the transmission line model with the full-wave results and the experimental results are, respectively, less than 10% and less than 5%. The predicted heating differed by less than 7% with the full-wave results and less than 25% with the experimental results. The optimum lengths of the three-section cable reduces by 51% the worst case heating at the electrodes compared to the best case unique section wire.
Discussion:
The multi-section cable design can reduce the heating of cables in MRI taking into account phase effects. The finite difference transmission line model presented is a simple valuable tool to estimate the worst case heating of simple multi-section cables.
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